Plus: ‘Start Pushing Back’: Lawmakers Slam LGBTQ+ ‘Youth Carnival’ That Bars Parents
May 26 2023
Happy Friday from Washington, where Democrats don’t want to cut spending to lower the burgeoning national debt. Budget expert David Ditch offers five targets that might make sense even to them. In Maine, a school board denies a lease to a church after quizzing it about abortion and the trans movement. Tyler O’Neil reports. On the podcast, O’Neil interviews a pastor about the disturbing rise of “woke Christianity.” Plus: outrage grows over an LGBTQ event for “youth” that excludes parents; the Supremes tweak the EPA by ruling that a couple may build on their own land; and a Texas bill to rid school libraries of sexually explicit material awaits the governor’s signature. On this date in 1868, after a two-month trial, the Senate fails by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson of a final impeachment charge brought by the House.
Chris McLaughlin, a school board member who includes personal pronouns in his signature, says he wanted to know “how The Pines Church approaches … diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
“It’s alarming how quickly the ‘Pride’ movement has gone from ‘just stay out of our bedroom’ to ‘give us your kids and stay out!’” Rep. Jim Banks tells The Daily Signal.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers take it upon themselves to decide what land is covered by the Waters of the U.S. rule. Thankfully, the court sets it all straight.
A book containing “patently offensive” material such as depictions of pornography and rape would be labeled as “sexually explicit,” prohibiting placement in any K-12 school library.
Lucas Miles, a pastor, warns that “woke Christianity” boils down to a false version of the faith tracing back to a “Marxist substructure” that reframes the faith in terms of oppressors and oppressed.
The Biden administration has weaponized taxpayer-funded anti-terrorism grants to “destroy” conservatives, including Christians and “highly reputable” organizations, says a new report.
